Improvement in skates



C. G. C. SIMPSON.

SKATES. No.179,137. Patented June 27,1876.

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.htfcrm lateral guides to the bar.

CHARLES G. C. SIMPSON, OF MONTREAL, CANADA, ASSIGNOR IO-CHARLES BREWSTER, OF SAME PLACE- IMPROVEMENT IN SKA-rias.

Specitication forming part of Letters Patent No. 179, IS7, dated kJune 27, 1876; application filed April 29, 1876.

, CHAPPELL SIMPSON, of the city and district of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a t'ull, clear, and exact description ot' the same.

rI"his invention Vhas reference to improvements in the mechanism for attaching skates A to the boot or shoe of the skater.

In the drawings hereunto annexed similar letters ot reference indicate like parts.

Figure l is a side elevation ot my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan ot the same inverted.

ct is the runner of the skate, to which is attached, by brackets d and e, the sole-plate b, the ends of the brackets e attached to the sole-plate being spread sufciently far apart to admit the passage ot' the bar 2 between them, and, it' desired, they may be situated to k2 is a staple, in which the bar t2 slides, guiding and holding` it up close under the sole-plate. The soleclamps p are held in guides s2, attached to the sole-plate. These clamps are provided with pins c6 and be, projecting downward. a6 and b6 are bell-cranks, plvoted, as shown, to the soleplate, one of each ot' their slotted ends engaging with a pin, m2, ot' the bar i2, and the slots at the other ends engaging with the pins c6 and d6. If desired, but one bell-crank and ,the ordinary manner.

clasp p may be provided, the other cla-sp p being slotted and attached to the sole-plate b by a bolt and nut. The heel-plate c is attached to the rear riser c of the runner by riveting the extremity ot'the latter in the heel-plate, in The plate is made with stationary heel-clamps t and an inner longitudinal sliding heel-clamp, lo, attached on the neck g, sliding in guides la. rlhis neck g is pro- Y vided with an eye, t', and the bar 2 is provided with an eye, L2, each screwed to receive the ends et' the spindle e2, rotated by a thumband-finger device, f2. The ends ot' the spindle c2 are. provided, the one with a right-handed and the other with a left-hand thread, so that by rotating' it in one direction the clamp lt and bar t' are drawn toward each other, and b y rotating it in the other direction they are forced apart, thus opening and closing the clamps.

I am aware that it is not new to operate the clamps by means ot' bell-crank levers, and-do not, broadly, claim such as my invention; but

What I claim is as follows:

rIhe clamps p and bell-cranks a6 bf", in combination with pins m2 c6 d6, bar 2, and screwrod c2, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Montreal, 17th day of April, A. D. 1876.

CHARLES Gr. G. SIMPSUN. Vitnesses:

M. A. N ELsoN, E. L. STILWELL. 

